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[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

137,985

100.0

enrolled in school

36,415

100.0

Native

134,727

97.6

Nursery school, preschool

2,184

6.0

Born in United States

133,877

97.0

Kindergarten

2,017

5.5

State of residence

104,272

75.6

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

16,974

46.6

Different state

29,605

21.5

High school (grades 9-12)

8,024

22.0

Born outside United States

850

0.6

College or graduate school

7,216

19.8

Foreign born

3,258

2.4

Entered 1990 to March 2000

1,541

1.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

1,320

1.0

Population 25 years and over

90,137

100.0

Not a citizen

1,938

1.4

Less than 9th grade

3,935

4.4

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

11,177

12.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

32,083

35.6

Total (excluding born at sea)

3,258

100.0

Some college, no degree

21,514

23.9

Europe

787

24.2

Associate degree

6,989

7.8

Asia

1,228

37.7

Bachelor's degree

9,424

10.5

Africa

98

3.0

Graduate or professional degree

5,015

5.6

Oceania

25

0.8

Latin America

828

25.4

Percent high school graduate or higher

83.2

(X)

Northern America

292

9.0

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

16.0

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

129,025

100.0

Population 15 years and over

108,543

100.0

English only

122,810

95.2

Never married

27,078

24.9

Language other than English

6,215

4.8

Now married, except separated

58,377

53.8

Speak English less than '"very well"'

2,434

1.9

Separated

1,895

1.7

Spanish

3,331

2.6

Widowed

7,922

7.3

Speak English less than '"very well"'

1,415

1.1

Female

6,449

5.9

Other Indo-European languages

1,723

1.3

Divorced

13,271

12.2

Speak English less than '"very well"'

381

0.3

Female

7,469

6.9

Asian and Pacific Island languages

978

0.8

Speak English less than '"very well"'

537

0.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

137,985

100.0

under 18 years

2,413

100.0

Total ancestries reported

127,668

92.5

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

977

40.5

Arab

146

0.1

Czech¹

351

0.3

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

535

0.4

Civilian population 18 years and over

102,095

100.0

Dutch

5,697

4.1

Civilian veterans

15,197

14.9

English

17,945

13.0

French (except Basque)¹

4,828

3.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

1,335

1.0

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

26,344

19.1

Population 5 to 20 years

31,993

100.0

Greek

348

0.3

With a disability

3,018

9.4

Hungarian

449

0.3

Population 21 to 64 years

76,835

100.0

Irish¹

13,576

9.8

With a disability

15,932

20.7

Italian

3,107

2.3

Percent employed

53.3

(X)

Lithuanian

185

0.1

No disability

60,903

79.3

Norwegian

789

0.6

Percent employed

78.5

(X)

Polish

4,118

3.0

Population 65 years and over

18,206

100.0

Portuguese

73

0.1

With a disability

7,893

43.4

Russian

433

0.3

Scotch-Irish

1,635

1.2

Scottish

2,607

1.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

117

0.1

Population 5 years and over

129,025

100.0

Subsaharan African

677

0.5

Same house in 1995

73,717

57.1

Swedish

1,312

1.0

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

54,079

41.9

Swiss

210

0.2

Same county

35,306

27.4

Ukrainian

288

0.2

Different county

18,773

14.5

United States or American

13,267

9.6

Same state

11,438

8.9

Welsh

717

0.5

Different state

7,335

5.7

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

151

0.1

Elsewhere in 1995

1,229

1.0

Other ancestries

26,428

19.2

Date: July 7, 2006

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.